Xerox ColorQube 8880 User Manual

Troubleshooting
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ColorQube 8580/8880 Color Printer
User Guide
Troubleshooting Procedures
This section includes:
• Removing Print Smears ................................................................................................................................................... 160
• Printing the Light Stripes Test Page ........................................................................................................................... 160
• Eliminating Light Stripes ................................................................................................................................................. 160
• Substituting an Ink Jet ..................................................................................................................................................... 161
Removing Print Smears
To eliminate ink smears on prints:
1. At the printer control panel, use the arrows to navigate to Troubleshooting, then press OK.
2. Navigate to Print Quality Problems, then press OK.
3. Navigate to Remove Print Smears, then press OK.
Several blank pages are printed during the cleaning process.
Printing the Light Stripes Test Page
You can use the Light Stripes Test page to identify inkjet problems.
1. At the printer control panel, use the arrows to navigate to Troubleshooting, then press OK.
2. Navigate to Print Quality Problems, then press OK.
3. Navigate to Eliminate Light Stripes, then press OK.
4. To print the Light Stripes Test page, press OK.
Eliminating Light Stripes
You can use the Eliminating Light Stripes procedure to clean the printhead.
Before you begin:
• To check for incomplete or missing ink jets, or before you run the basic Eliminate Light Stripes
procedure, print the Light Stripes Test Page.
• Ensure that Enhanced print-quality mode is selected in the PostScript print driver. For details, see
Selecting a Print-Quality Mode on page 86.
To clean the printhead:
1. At the printer control panel, use the arrows to navigate to Troubleshooting, then press OK.
2. Navigate to Print Quality Problems, then press OK.
3. Navigate to Eliminate Light Stripes, then press OK.
4. To perform the Basic Clean Cycle, navigate to Start Basic Clean Cycle, then press OK.
The printer performs a printhead cleaning. This procedure can take up to five minutes.
A cleaning page and a Light Stripes Test page print.

Xerox ColorQube 8880 Specifications

General

Color	Yes
Maximum duty cycle	120000 pages per month
Number of print cartridges	1
Page description languages	PCL 5Ce, TIFF
Maximum resolution	2400 x 1200 DPI
Time to first page (color, normal)	5 s
Print speed (color, draft quality, A4/US Letter)	51 ppm
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)	- ppm
Print speed (color, normal quality, A4/US Letter)	30 ppm
Maximum internal memory	2048 MB
Total input capacity	625 sheets
Total output capacity	350 sheets
Total number of input trays	5
Multi-Purpose tray input capacity	100 sheets
Paper tray media types	Thin paper
Maximum ISO A-series paper size	A4
Wi-Fi	No
Standard interfaces	USB 2.0
USB 2.0 ports quantity	USB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them.
Mac operating systems supported	Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks
Linux operating systems supported	RedHat EL Linux 4.0 U5
Server operating systems supported	Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008
Windows operating systems supported	Windows 7 Enterprise, Windows 7 Enterprise x64, Windows 7 Home Basic, Windows 7 Home Basic x64, Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Professional x64, Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Starter x64, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Business x64, Windows Vista Enterprise, Windows Vista Enterprise x64, Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista Home Basic x64, Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Home Premium x64, Windows Vista Ultimate, Windows Vista Ultimate x64, Windows XP Home, Windows XP Home x64, Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Professional x64
Power consumption (printing)	- W
Operating temperature (T-T)	10 - 32 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)	10 - 80 %
Sustainability certificates	ENERGY STAR
Product color	White
Market positioning	Business

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	521 mm
Width	406 mm
Height	368 mm